Hyaloklossia lieberkuehni (type species) was first observed by Lieberkuhn in 1854 within the renal cortex of a frog of the genusRana.[1] Labbe in 1894 initially named this speciesKlossia lieberkuehni. Labbe in 1896 moved this species to a new genusHyaloklossia.
Laveran and Mesnil in 1902 and Minchin in 1903 moved this species into the genusDiplospora Labbe 1893. It was moved again into the genusIsospora by Noller in 1923.
The species was replaced in the genusHyaloklossia by Modryet al. in 2001.[2]
The sporocysts are released from the renal epithelial cells and are passed with the urine into the water.
It is presumed that they are subsequently ingested, decyst within the gut, invade the gut wall and migrate to the renal cortex.
The parasites grow with the renal epithelial cells and give rise to male and female gamonts which are released into the lumen of the tubule where they meet and fuse forming an oocyte. The oocyte subsequently develops into an oocyst which in turn divides into two sporocysts.
^Golemansky, V. and Bitseva, V. 1975. Studies upon the protozoan parasitic fauna on amphibia in Bulgaria. I. Bombina variegata (L.). Acta Zoologica Bulgaria 1: 23-32.
